Laundry-machine.



No. 870,536- I PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907. R. G; BEEKMAN.

LAUNDRY MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED ms. 21. 1967.

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LAUNDRY MACHINE.

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UNITE STATES ROSS O. BEEKMAN, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

LAUNDRY-MACHINE I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12,1907.

Application filed January 21, 1907. Serial No. 353,229.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ross linnmmx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Latindry-illachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry machines; and consists in certain improvements in thewringer and in the standards of the washbench to which it is attached, and 1 have therefore illustrated and described the washing machine itself with ctmsiderable -iarticularity because I propose to use it in connection with the wringer.

in order that the invention may be fully understood. reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l reprcsents a side elevation of the entire machine in an operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the lower portion of the washing machine on line IHIH of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is atrausverse section through a fluted roller and a roller-bed, forming part of the washing machine on line IV IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the roller-bed. Fig. (i is a vertical section on line Vl-Vl of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the wringer on line VlI-VII of Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the wringer on line V11l-V1I1 of'Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention I employ a stand 1 which may be folded when not in use so as to occupy but very little space. Said stand comprises a pair of central standards 2, longitudinal side rails 3 pivotally secured at their inner ends to the standards by rungs 3*, and at their outer ends to supporting legs 4 by rungs 3", and braces 5 whicltextend from the inner ends of the lower rails to the outer ends of the upper rails, as shown in Fig. l the ends of said braces being pivotally secured to rungs 3 and detachably secured to rungs 3 so they may be removed from the latter to allow the stand to fold.

The wringer, forming part of the invention, is secured to the upper portion of the standards by a pair of transverse strips 8 and bolts 9, which latter extend through spacing sleeves 1O interposed between the sides of the wringer and the standards. Said wringer comprises apair of vertically arranged channeled side bars 11 carried by strips 8 and bolts 9, a pair of rollers 12 13, mounted upon shafts 14 15, respectively, ball-bearings mounted in boxes 16 next outside the side bars and in which said shafts are mounted, and intermeshing cog-wheels 17 18 fixed to shafts 14 15, respectively, for rotating same with the rollers in reverse directions. Shaft 14 passes through slots 14 in the side bars 1] as best seen in Fig. 8; and the extremities of both rollers are protected from injury by standing within the channels of said bars.

Shaft 15 is provided at one end with a crank 19 with cross grooves 25 for the reception of said Water table. With this arrangement the tub may be placed on either side of the stand and the water-table adjusted to shed the water therein.

In constructing the washing machine which is supported by the wringer and the tub, I employ a pair of arms 26, connected at their upper ends by a rung 27 and at their lower ends by a cross-bar 28, and have notches 29 near their central portions which removably engage shaft 15 of the wringer. Crossbar 28 is provided at its underside with a pair of adjustable members 30 adapted to engage the opposite sides of the tub, as shown in Fig. 2, where they are locked by bolts 31 and thumb-nuts 32, which former extend through slots 33 in said members, so that the latter may be adjusted in opposite directions.

34 designates a pair of bearings secured to the crossbar 28 and the lower ends of arms 26, and provided at their upper ends with notches 35, for the reception of trunnions 36 projecting from the opposite sides of a roller-bed comprising a pair of head-blocks 38 provided with the trunnions, a plurality of rollers 39 journaled in the head-blocks, and tie-rods 40 connecting the head-blocks.- The upper surface of the head-blocks is concaved for the reception of a shaft 41 provided With a crank 42 and carrying a main roller 43 provided with a fluted periphery 44. The lower portion of roller 43 fits within the concave space formed by rollers 39, see Fig. 4, in order to obtain a better grip upon the clothes.

Shaft 41 is normally held in contact with the three intermediate rollers 39 by a pair of vibratory-arms 45 provided at their free ends withnotches 46 which engage the shaft. The opposite ends of arms 45 are pivotally secured to arms 26 by bolts 47, and their free ends are yieldingly held in a lowered position by lie-H tractile springs 48 secured at their forward ends to the arms 45. The rear ends of springs 48 extend through brackets 49 secured to arms 26, and are threaded for the reception of thumb-screws 50, whereby the tension of the springs is regulated. With this arrangement the fluted rollers are made to bear upon the clothes with the desired pressure.

In practice the stand is set up in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the washing machine is placed in position upon the wringer and the tub, as above described, a garment is then taken from the tub and placed between rollers 39 and roller 43, which latter is oscillated through the instrumentality of crank 42 until the garment is thoroughly cleaned when it is removed and passed through the wringer, which expresses the water therefrom. As the water falls from the garment it will be conducted back into the tub by the water-table 24, and the garment may be placed into a tub or basket (not shown) on the opposite side of the stand.

By yieldingly mounting the fluted roller, as above described, it may accommodate itself to the thinnest fabric or the thickest blanket and thus greatly increase the usefulness of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a machine of the character described, the COlllbination with the washbench having upright standards rising above the supports for the tubs, and transverse strips connecting said standards; of a pair of channeled side bars carried by the standards and having oblique crossed grooves near their lower ends, and above them oppositely disposed upright slots, two rollers whose shafts pass through said side harsand the uppermost stands in said slots, ball bearings for the shafts arranged in boxes next outside the side bars, Springs pressing the uppermost boxes downward, and a crank handle on the lower shaft and a removable and reversible water table adapted. to

V engage either pair of grooves and to direct the water from the wringer in to the proper tub.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the washbench having upright standards rising above the supports for the tubs, and transverse strips conmeeting said standards; of a pair of channeled side bars carried by the strips, spacing sleeves between said side bars and standards, bolts connecting these members and passing through said sleeves, two rollers whose shafts pass through said side bars, ball bearings for the shafts arranged in boxes next outside the side bars, intermeshing' cog wheels connecting the two shafts, and a crank handle on the lower shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSS C. BEEKMAN.

Witnesses:

F. G. Frscnnn, M. Cox. 

